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Shrek: Ogres and Dronkeys
Shrek: Ogres and Dronkeys (2007)
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Shrek: Ogres and Dronkeys was originally going to feature the offspring of Gingy and Puss in Boots as new characters, but these were rejected by DreamWorks, likely for not existing within the Shrek movies.
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Corporate Affairs, Development, Early Idea, Unused Character
person Rocko & Heffer calendar_month January 26, 2024
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Super Smash Bros.
Super Smash Bros. (1999)
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Falco Lombardi, Slippy Toad and Peppy Hare were at one point considered for Fox's alternate costumes, before being scrapped in favor of generic recolours. Falco would eventually appear as a unique character in Super Smash Bros. Melee, and while Slippy and Peppy to date still have not appeared, alternate costumes that change a character outright would become a Smash feature starting in the 3DS and Wii U games, with Alph for Olimar and the Koopalings for Bowser Jr.
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Customization, Development, Early Idea, Unused Character
person Rocko & Heffer calendar_month January 26, 2024
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Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl
Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl (2021)
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Attachment On the base platform of Irken Armada Invasion, there is a monitor that displays a static image of the Irken insignia. There are files suggesting that this was originally going to be an animation rather than an image, as animation textures exist for a set of clips of the Almighty Tallest taken directly from Invader Zim episodes, and there is an unused how-to-play graphic showing one of said clips on the monitor. It is not known if these clips were planned to be used or if they were placeholders for another animated graphic, and whether they were scrapped for licensing issues with TV footage, distraction issues on a stage made for competitive play, or something else entirely.
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Asset Reuse, Cameo, Development, Early Idea, Suggested, Unused Content, Unused Graphic
person Rocko & Heffer calendar_month January 25, 2024
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Max & the Magic Marker
Max & the Magic Marker (2010)
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The NTSC release of the Nintendo DS version of Max & the Magic Marker has the entirety of the song "Wonderwall" by Oasis in its files, complete with audio tag metadata and the cover artwork of their album (What's the Story) Morning Glory?.
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Music, Piracy, Unused Audio, Unused Content, Unused Text
person Rocko & Heffer calendar_month January 24, 2024
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Asteroids
Asteroids (1981)
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Attachment Atari 2600's Asteroids has an unused functionality for showing graphics of the spaceship as a life counter instead of the number, much like the arcade version. This was most likely changed for processing power reasons, as only six ships can be displayed at a time.
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Removed Feature, Technology, Unused Code, Unused Content
person Rocko & Heffer calendar_month January 24, 2024
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Earthworm Jim: Menace 2 the Galaxy
Earthworm Jim: Menace 2 the Galaxy (1999)
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Earthworm Jim: Menace 2 the Galaxy has unused text pertaining to Game Boy Printer support. It's thought that this feature would have allowed players to print out level passwords.
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Development, Early Idea, Password, Peripheral, Removed Feature, Suggested, Unused Content, Unused Text
person Rocko & Heffer calendar_month January 24, 2024
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Hannah Montana: Wireless Quest
Hannah Montana: Wireless Quest (TBA)
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Attachment Hannah Montana: Wireless Quest has an unused graphic, likely a placeholder, that is a red square with the word "Doge" written below. While the game's exact release date is unknown, it was available at least one year after the Hannah Montana TV show began in 2006, but the "Doge" internet meme first appeared 2 years after the show was cancelled in 2011. The shared name is a coincidence rather than a reference to the meme, and it is not known what "Doge" means in this context, though it is likely some kind of debug function, as there are other unused square graphics with phrases like "Control Game" and "Control Main" next to them.
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Coincidence, Meme, Placeholder, Unused Content, Unused Graphic
person Rocko & Heffer calendar_month January 24, 2024
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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)
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Attachment In the GameCube and Xbox versions of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, it was intended for there to be portraits littered throughout Hogwarts of various real world people, specifically developers, their families, and some people the developers forgot about years after the fact (but believed they were involved in some kind of contest). The portraits of family members in particular were included as a coping mechanism, as they were suffering during development.

"We were doing very long hours, and it wasn’t just us suffering – our families were, too. They were supporting us – often suffering in silence. Marriages were strained, children were missing a parent. It seemed only right to put their pictures into Hogwarts; our odd way of showing our love and gratitude. And possibly to remind us what they looked like."

The development team considered these portraits some of the very few elements of the game they were truly proud of. Eurocom requested the portraits be removed without explaining why, something the developers were "too tired to fight".
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Cameo, Complaint, Crunch/Overwork, Real Life, Unused Character, Unused Content, Unused Graphic
person Rocko & Heffer calendar_month January 23, 2024
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Super Smash Bros. Melee
Super Smash Bros. Melee (2001)
subdirectory_arrow_right Mach Rider (Game), Captain Rainbow (Game), Vs. Mach Rider (Game), Mach Rider (Collection)
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Attachment Both Mach Rider's identity and gender are ambiguous. They are portrayed with a muscular build, and the NES and Famicom versions' manuals never use any gendered pronouns to refer to them. The arcade port Vs. Mach Rider's stage clear screens slowly introduce piece-by-piece an image of a skimpily-dressed woman (bearing similarities to Jane Fonda's appearance in the 1968 film Barbarella) holding a dagger, but it is never specified if this character is Mach Rider, or one of the other wasteland survivors. However, Mach Rider's trophy description in Super Smash Bros. Melee years later lists them as a male character with he/him pronouns. Even later on, Captain Rainbow, a game centered around obscure and neglected Nintendo heroes, has an unused model for Mach Rider that, while not having visible breasts due to wearing armor, portrays them with a feminine skinny waist.
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Character Design, Male/Female Gender, Manual, Model, Reference, Similarities, Sprite/Graphical Animation, Unsolved Mystery, Unused Character, Unused Content, Unused Graphic, Version Difference
person Rocko & Heffer calendar_month January 23, 2024
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Balloon Kid
Balloon Kid (1990)
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Attachment Balloon Kid has an unused graphic for the Eggplant Man from Wrecking Crew as an enemy.
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Cameo, Crossover, Unused Character, Unused Graphic
person Rocko & Heffer calendar_month January 22, 2024
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Star Fox: Assault
Star Fox: Assault (2005)
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Attachment The E3 2003 reveal trailer for what would become Star Fox: Assault showcased what appears to be a first-person perspective mode, which ended up being discarded in the final game. However, this scrapped first-person mode can still be accessed in all versions of the game through hacking. It is not fully complete, but has almost full functionality.
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Demo, Development, Early Build, Early Idea, Removed Feature, Unused Content
person Dinoman96 calendar_month January 22, 2024
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E3 2003 Star Fox: Assault trailer, which showcases the first person mode at various points:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yf7gnsxmJRY?t=44

Unused First-Person Mode - Star Fox: Assault:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ko1B6TX5E5o
Killer Instinct 2
Killer Instinct 2 (1996)
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The game's files cointains data of multiple unused alternate endings for various characters such as Maya and Jago. These endings weren't properly implemented due to time constraints.
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Ending, Unused Content, Unused Cutscene, Unused Graphic, Unused Text
person ZpaceJ0ck0 calendar_month January 21, 2024
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SoulCalibur V
SoulCalibur V (2012)
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The titular character in Bayonetta was at one point considered as a guest character for the game. According to Producer Hisaharu Tago, she was scrapped because her hair attacks were too elaborate to include.
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Development, Early Idea, Unused Character
person ZpaceJ0ck0 calendar_month January 21, 2024
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Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze
Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (2014)
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Attachment According to Tropical Freeze's creative director Vince Joly, the development team had seriously considered including Enguarde the swordfish from prior Donkey Kong Country titles as a ridable animal buddy, but ultimately dropped him to focus more on the playable Kong characters.

"We were thinking that bringing back the familiarity that players experienced in Donkey Kong Country Returns would be a good way for us to further strengthen their love for these characters. We felt this was the right choice over adding different buddies in their stead, and we believed the introduction of the other Kongs filled the need for expanding the character lineup and adding new player mechanics. However, we would have loved to have introduced some new animal buddies. Like Enguarde, for instance, who did come close to being added."
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Development, Early Idea, Unused Character
person Dinoman96 calendar_month January 21, 2024
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Virtual Bart
Virtual Bart (1994)
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Attachment The prototype for Virtual Bart shows an ending screen at the end of the credits instead of just the player's score. It is a crudely written "THE END" in cursive with the nonsensical text "You are a true Bart Simpson" alongside the score. The "You are a true Bart Simpson" text is in the final game's code.
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Ending, Prototype, Unused Content, Unused Cutscene, Unused Graphic, Unused Text
person Rocko & Heffer calendar_month January 20, 2024
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Aquaventure
Aquaventure (2005)
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In the code of Aquaventure are a set of two short text strings, placed one after the other:

looney

hot
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Unused Code, Unused Content, Unused Text
person Rocko & Heffer calendar_month January 18, 2024
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The Simpsons: Hit & Run
The Simpsons: Hit & Run (2003)
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Attachment According to leaked development files from The Simpsons: Hit & Run, Sideshow Bob and Poochie were originally planned to appear in the game. There is an unused low-polygon model for Poochie that is pre-posed, meaning that it was likely supposed to appear as merchandise of the character (most likely alongside Itchy and Scratchy's balloons in Level 2), rather than appearing in an Itchy & Scratchy cartoon cutscene. No models for Sideshow Bob are known to exist.
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Model, Unused Character, Unused Content, Unused Graphic
person Rocko & Heffer calendar_month January 17, 2024
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Pizza Tower
Pizza Tower (2023)
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Attachment Before the Pizza Priest and Stupid Rat were created, some transformations had unique objects associated with them, two that would've taken a similar role to the priest are in the game's files:
• A tombstone, which would turn Peppino back from a ghost
• A pile of corn, which would distract Mort and free Peppino from him, referencing how corn was used as a health pick-up in Mort the Chicken
and some blocks that could only be broken by transformations, like the rat, also remain in the files
• A barrel block
• A hot metal block, which would be destroyed by both knight and rocket transformations
• A ball block
• A Gustavo and Brick block
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Early Idea, Unused Content, Unused Graphic, Unused Items
person Rocko & Heffer calendar_month January 15, 2024
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Pizza Tower
Pizza Tower (2023)
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Attachment When replaying through an already-completed save file, one can change the Peppino's Final Judgement ranking screen. This was not always the case, as originally attempting to change the judgement would show a screen of an ominous Peppino, drawn with details than his sprites but less detailed than his battle introduction portraits, with the caption "THE JUDGEMENT WAS FINAL. PLEASE TRY A NEW SAVE FILE." This screen would eventually be implemented in the Halloween update, albeit without its text, when one attempts to exit a newly introduced bonus level through the ghost transformation.
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General, Unused Content, Unused Graphic, Update Difference
person Rocko & Heffer calendar_month January 15, 2024
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Toonstruck
Toonstruck (1996)
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Attachment Some unused content that was going to be used in the scrapped sequel is still referenced in the final game. The second installment would have had Drew Blanc and Flux Wildly traveling to the "Train of Thought", where they would meet an animated version of Vincent Van Gogh and have an encounter with a nightmarish dentist. In the opening for the first game, Drew receives a phone call reminder to get a dental filling, and a picture of Van Gogh can be seen on the wall in his workspace. Footage of the animated Van Gogh also appears in the official trailer for the game.
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Cancelled Release, Early Idea, Unreleased Content, Unused Content
person NintendOtaku calendar_month January 13, 2024
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